"Thanks to the youngest, I'm glad I don't get bored in this backwoods town."
"...Why do I, in the other world, always do such crazy things?"
"You pretend not to be like that here, you crazy guy."
The room was filled with the sweet scent of popcorn.
About twenty people were lying on beds, chairs, or something in between, watching a video. It looked like a movie theater, but the video playing in real time wasn't anything like a movie.
If you listen closely to what my seniors were saying, you'll know that... it was my streaming. Everything that had happened just a few days ago was recorded.
In short, it was a thing that recorded me riding a bike with lasers all over the front lines, and Laurentina riding a bike to dodge bombing.
There was a reason I brought this today.
First of all, the New York-seniors had to know what was going on over there - that was the first reason. Basically, here, they had already rescued Marv, and thanks to that, there were only wild-drones around that had lost their command system and were not functioning properly, but the other side was different.
This world's forward base that guided shadows through waypoints and destroyed drones that were wandering around the Savannah. If they could tell them what was going on over there, they could guide shadows a little more efficiently... That was the excuse.
Of course, the real reason was... I brought it because I thought my acquaintances would be bored.
"Come to work, youngest."
"So that's... the one you consulted with the youngest Mecha members last time? There's no such minister as that."
"I thought I'd seen everything working under Icarus, but I'm seeing something new every time I open my eyes. There are no friends like onions."
"It's a bit slow, but that transport method is quite impressive. It seems like a method worth trying on a limited basis, assuming you have enough power."
I was caught next to Laurentina without a fight.
There was a hole in the back of the chair so that the Mecha Byams, including me, could sit comfortably anywhere, and thanks to that, I was able to comfortably bury my butt all the way. After I settled in, I suffered from all sorts of attacks.
"It may seem quite unrealistic visually because it's a game, but it's not impossible. It's just that there's no need to use such a forced method."
"You can't help but add an additional explanation that the air defense network is strong and move the shadows yourself, but that's inevitable because it's a game. You have to prioritize content over realism."
"Riding a vehicle and engaging in a large-scale rotation is a pretty interesting combat style. It's already a million light years away from the meaning of Icarus, but it's still worth seeing."
"So why is the youngest riding a bike?"
"Go and ask them yourself."
It's a mess.
Anyway, I guess they're not operators, so they only analyze whatever they see. It was like this when I brought various movies that had never been released in this world to show, but now it's even happening on my streaming.
Anyway, separate from that, the main gaze was naturally not on me, Laurentina, Logan, Olivia... but on my students who were walking around with me.
"Was our first meeting in northern Canada? Maybe because it's a game, your movements are okay. How are they in real life?"
"Why are you asking me that? What if you can move like that in real life? Are you going to take me with you?"
"Damn, I thought it wouldn't be too much of a problem if I gave them each a remote control and put them in as instructors, so I made a joke. I just can't say anything..."
"Hehe... ugh! Don't bite my neck! I made a mistake!"
As expected, Logan, he's merciless.
Logan, who had immediately punished Laurentina, focused on the screen again. On the other side of the screen, there was a part where I was going into the gate with Kato. It was possible because the edited video uploaded to my Uspace channel was the one I had just played, and now it was the full streaming video.
The avatar of the uselessly pretty Katographer wandering around with me on the other side. I didn’t answer the question about gender for Kato’s privacy. Kato probably had to bow his head to me and thank me for that alone.
Those who watched Kato blow himself up in the power room with a bag full of explosives threw out a few words.
“That guy has guts too. Didn’t you teach him that long ago?”
“I didn’t see him often. I plan on working hard with him from now on.”
“Yeah. When you’re deployed on such a tiresome operation, the more friends you have to be your hands and feet, the better. Always keep that in mind.”
“Of course.”
That's how Kato's fate was decided again.
At this point, it wasn't a decision, but rather a few more times a wedge, but whatever... Anyway, the small talk continued.
"How many days ago did that happen?"
"It's been over a week. Laurentina was riding around with that green guy on her bike about 4 days ago... She's probably busy preparing for the Marv Raid right now."
"Hmm. Is the youngest taking a break?"
"Yes."
That's right.
She's taking a break right now. She's been running nonstop since Operation Wasted Silver opened, so it's time to take a break. Just looking at what she's done so far, she's been running nonstop from the forward base defense battle, dagger and laser escort missions, gate raids, and factory raids.
It may be a bit harsh to say this, but she was planning to take a half-break until the third youngest raid was released. It probably would open in a few days, but on the contrary, because of that, scheduling adjustments were necessary.
First, if we called Laurentina, Logan, and Olivia, the operational scope itself would change, so we planned to try the Marble Raid before Dice and Harmony left the country. If it fails, there's nothing we can do.
After saying that, he continued.
"Come to think of it, didn't 'we' over there say that it's hard to make time?"
"Of course it is. They have their main jobs. They're pretty busy unless it's the weekend or a vacation, and Olivia doesn't come in often these days because she's doing something."
"Hmm, that's right..."
"Hmm..."
"We have a lot of time, you know..."
... Wait.
Something is going on in a very strange way.
He rolled his eyes to check his surroundings. Although the inside was definitely warm, he felt like the temperature around him had dropped by about 5 degrees.
And as expected, red, blue, and yellow eyes were staring at me. Now, I didn’t even need to explain whose eyes they were. The funny thing was that the three impatient manifesters were only staring at me.
At the same time, the words continued.
“I went out once, so why can’t I do it twice? Right?”
“…That, right?”
“If you play basketball all the time, you’ll get sick of it. Right, maknae?”
“…That might be true?”
“Leaving someone with so much free time alone is just wasting energy. I believe maknae will come to the right conclusion.”
Jieeee.
The violence of the gaze that made it sound like that was going to happen.
At the same time, Laurentina’s lips opened.
“Right?”
“…Yes.”
“Yes. I’ll wait.”
“…I’ll contact the others first. If they say they can participate, they shouldn’t. Do you understand?”
"Hoo-hoo."
An ominous laugh came instead of an answer.
And then, in less than 30 minutes, I heard the three manifesters' unanimous response that they probably wouldn't have time until next weekend, and only then did I realize what Laurentina's laughter was.
This is going to be crazy, really.
"I knew you'd do that."
"Doesn't it get harder to suppress your instincts when you become a manifester?"
"I think I heard that there's something like that."
Meanwhile, Dagger and Laser Team were watching the scene.
They were always watching from across the river.
"I remember hearing that air support was difficult just a little while ago, but now it's Savannah... no, for you guys, this is
It's not important. The third Mecca Eugene, whom we've been waiting for so long, is right in front of us. How do you feel?"
"Hehe, I like the original Biyam too... Kkeuang!"
"Fortunately, the brave Harmony Miss spoke first, teacher. We didn't say anything, Kkiyaaang... !"
"You're determined to get hit in a variety of ways."
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Biyam, are you flirting just to get hit by me once!!!!!!
Kato is now acting naturally ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Crazy, crazy ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Whew...Can I touch you just once....
If you like Biyam that much, then get buried in Biyam.
Wrap Minah around your tail and give her a manifester-hug. While her face turned bright red and she lay down on the sofa with a satisfied expression, Kato punished her, took a step back like a painting, and sat next to Dice, who was drinking tea and acting out of place.
I wondered when I learned another strange concept, but a king came before I did. It said to please shut up and have tea just once like a noble lady.
You really do all sorts of things.
"Now, I can just naturally You're in a session. You're really a bunch of slobs. You don't think this is some kind of resting place, do you?"
"Oh, slobs."
"But you're not here doing nothing. Before Eugene came, I was watching the Byam-Raid trailer."
"I have no intention of calling it by its official name."
"I don't think there's anyone who doesn't call it Byam-Raid, including me?"
...That seems to be the case.
Anyway, as he said, there were various pieces of paper on the table. Unlike my rough handwriting, the handwriting was really cute. Kato's handwriting is surprisingly good.
But the content is more important than the handwriting. I quickly scanned the content and at the same time, I also popped up the Mechabyam Raid trailer. It's been only a few hours since it came out, but it's already surpassed 10 million views, so my channel should be a little more motivated... no.
"It really looks great from the thumbnail."
"Didn't it really look like the final boss?"
"... That's true, too."
- Boramat Biyam!!!!!!!!!!
- The real modeling is amazing ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
- Biyam flies through the air and shoots lasers!!
- Icarus must have found it funny that they have weapons on their tails ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
- In about 5 years, even Eugene will have weapons on his tail
A purple Biyam is flying through the air.
And he proudly put that on the video thumbnail.
It really was ridiculous, but whatever. It's too late to do that now. The important thing is the content - So I looked at the content first. As the name raid suggests, the scale was considerable, but first of all, the fact that the maximum number of participants was twenty was really confusing.
The raid map itself was quite intuitive. There were four rooms in a square shape and a main chamber in the center. Of course, since it was an external invasion, there was a separate external map.
As you can see, this was also the last time There seems to be some common ground with Operation Ouroboros.
The conversation continues while thinking like that.
"By the way, if there is no room for external intervention like this... I don't know if I can bring the third one. In fact, strictly speaking, it would have been something that only Eugene could have done to bring Jin and Rain."
"Hmm. That makes sense."
"What do you think, Eugene?"
"Well."
It's not that I don't have anything to say, but I don't really open my mouth.
As Dice said, there was no room for the user to intervene in this raid beforehand. Besides, if you think about the situation here and there... In fact, even during Operation Ouroboros, there wasn't anyone brought in specifically.
Jin and Rain were brought in during normal game play, and if Icarus was seriously going to make the third conversion bait... it would have been done during the raid preparations.
However, given the current situation, that's unlikely.
"To be honest, I don't think it's... likely. Basically, the third raid is classified as a complete destruction mission, so I don't think it's likely. However, since there are reasons for it, we'll have to wait and see the cutscene after clearing it."
"... It's a pretty good answer."
"But I think I might be able to bring the third one later."
-Tiyong??????
-Byumpisal??????????????
-'Testimony of the person concerned'
-Hey, turn on the recording function!!!!!!!!!!!
-Jeremiah of the Dark Zone prophesies again kekekekekekekekeke
I wondered why my nickname had increased again, but I pushed that thought aside and continued to speak.
"I went around Disney World with the third one last time, and the personality I showed back then and the one I showed in the trailer are quite different. I don't think Icarus would go through the hassle of creating a new personality just for fan service."
"Oh, that means..."
"Like I said before, don't you have to watch the cutscene? In-game, it’s unlikely, but I think we can still hope for it.”
As he said that, he stood up and went outside.
The people in the room were excitedly chewing on the bait I had thrown, but I turned off the broadcast for a moment, tapped my wrist, and walked toward the lobby.
And how much time had passed?
“Huh? What’s wrong?”
“No. It’s nothing. It’s just that it’s funny how everyone is struggling to get a Marv. I can touch them as much as I want if I just come here.”
“Hehe, it’s an expensive body. Even the Archetype wants me to… Ueee.”
“I don’t know if it’s expensive, but I admit that it’s cute.”
The youngest members of Mecha would add a word whenever they had a chance. Among them, the third one who came in last was like this, and when I saw them, I thought they all resembled me very well.
That might be why I cherish these three.
It was a strange day when I went to see the third one’s face before the third Viyam raid.